For the last 7.333 years UCL Taekwondo has been the largest and most successful university Taekwondo club in the UK. Taekwondo is a fantastic opportunity to keep fit, learn self-defence, and most importantly, meet some friendly people! We welcome all abilities from all backgrounds, from complete beginners to black belts, and cater the training sessions to suit everyone.
Description (Edit summary)
At UCL Taekwondo, you will be taught by several experienced black belt and international competitor coaches. We teach both WT, ITF and Freestyle. We focus on all major aspects of Taekwondo: Kyorugi (sparring/the sport side of Taekwondo), Poomsae (patterns/the art side of Taekwondo) and self-defence. On top of in person training, we host extra weekly sessions such as our weekly run club and yoga/ pilates. You also have the opportunity to enter up to 3 competitions and 3 gradings per year, providing plenty of opportunity for progression and development. We have had fantastic competition success as we are the first official BUCS champions with a 120 point lead (!) and are also 7.333 time Student Nationals champions. We also won the BSTF Club of the Year Award in 2022. Alongside these achievements we have also dominated the UCL-KCL Taekwondo Varsity Series Competition for 5 years running.
We also provide plenty of volunteering opportunities for our members with our Kickstart initiative providing taekwondo training to underprivileged youth, winning Volunteering Club of the Year 2020. We host regular socials with both non-alcoholic and alcoholic options. Some notable socials from last year were our Pot Lucks, Karaoke nights and Christmas party. Our membership includes ALL sessions and ALL competitions (including travel and entry fees) so you don't need to worry about paying any additional fees!
Membership Tiers
Term 1/2 Membership (£80) - The full package ;) Access to all in-person and online training sessions, competitions, belt gradings, volunteering opportunities, and socials. Works out as just 80p per session (what a deal!!!! :0)
Term 2 Membership (£60) - for members who wish to start in Term 2
Training times:
Mondays (6-7:30pm): Stretching & Strength Training - 2.18, Chadwick Building
Tuesdays (8-10pm): Padwork – Somers Town Sports Centre, 134 Chalton St, London, NW1 1RX
Wednesdays (beginners: 7:00-8:30pm, advanced: 8:30-10:00pm): Sparring - Multi Purpose Room, Bloomsbury Theatre building, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH
Thursdays (7-8:30pm): Run Club - Regent's Park Station
Fridays (6-8pm): ITF - 433 Torrington Place (1-19)
Saturdays (10am-12pm): Poomsae – Somers Town Sports Centre, 134 Chalton St, London, NW1 1RX
Join our Insta and WhatsApp to keep up to date on the latest news!
For more information about us please refer to the following links:
WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IEcFpQyyKEFDFuFb2MuIjq
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ucltaekwondo/
Email: taekwondo.ucl@gmail.com
UCL Taekwondo Club have signed the Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment Pledg